GRE Word List

ROUSING

giving rise to excitement : stirring

The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.

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convictionthe act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
pushyaggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward
ludicrousamusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
podiuma low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
virilehaving traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith